SKK GSB A World-Class MBA Program in Korea

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SKK GSBA World-Class MBA Program in Korea
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Contents

• 1. Who We Are
• 2. The Admission Process
• 3. The Benefits
• A. Quality of Program
• B. Financial Aid
• C. Internship and Study Abroad
• D. Placement
• 4. Invitation to Visit

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1. Who We Are

• The MIT Element
• SKK GSB, under Samsungs sponsorship, has entered
  into a strategic collaboration with MIT Sloan,
  which has been set for an initial term of eight
  years until 2011.
• This project consists of three main components.
• A. Faculty development Faculty members will
  be sent to Sloan during the contract period.
• B. Student development Students will
  spend a semester at Sloan and other collaborating
• MBA programs such as Kellogg and Kelley.
• C. Visiting faculty
• Faculty members from world-famous MBA programs,
  including
• MIT Sloan, visit SKK GSB to teach courses over
  entire terms.

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1. Who We Are (contd)

• The Samsung Element
• Samsungs has made a long-term commitment to
  building a world-class business school in Korea.
  They will spare no costs.
• The Group has always strived for the No. 1
  position in every area of endeavor higher
  education is no exception in this regard (case in
  point Samsung General Hospital and SKK School
  of Medicine).
• Their goal is to build SKK GSB into the be the
  best and the most prestigious Business School in
  Asia by 2010.
• Samsung is providing support in terms of a)
  faculty recruitment, b) financial aid, and c)
  placement of graduates.

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1. Who We Are (contd)

• The SKK Element
• The vision is to evolve SKK GSB into a premier
  non-U.S. business school such as INSEAD or IMD,
  but with a U.S.-style curriculum and U.S.-trained
  faculty.
• Samsung maintains a firm commitment to SKK, to
  upgrade the university into a high-ranking
  school, not just in Korea, but in Asia.
• SKK GSB is a temporary start-up phase Samsung
  and SKK will pursue closer arrangements with MIT,
  and is also pursuing new relationships with other
  top-notch MBA programs in addition to Kellogg and
  Kelley.

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2. The Application Process

• Application Deadline for Fall 2005 May 31st,
  2005
• Application Fee KRW 50,000 or US 40
• The application process has been simplified for
  Fall 2005 with a view of attracting the best
  available pool of students as possible.
• A. Completed Application Form (on-line or paper)
  Essays
• B. Transcripts in English
• C. GMAT Score (optional) / TOEFL Score
  (recommended)
• D. Two Letters of Recommendation
• E. Interview with Dean

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2. The Application Process (contd)

• We are looking for people who
• A. have a strong interest in a career with
  Samsung and/or
• in finance/marketing functions with major
  companies
• B. will grow with the school and take strong
  initiative to help the reputation of the school
  grow
• C. will actively network with both foreign and
  Korean students,
• from SKK GSB and other organizations and
• D. maintain an unwavering belief that the
  reputation of MBA Programs
• cannot be built without students and alumni.

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2. The Application Process (contd)

• In summary, we are looking for a special breed of
  people to enter into a special situation with
  exciting opportunities.
• In return, SKK GSB will provide an array of
  benefits which is unparalleled in any Korean or
  international business school.

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3. The BenefitsA. Quality of Program

• Quality of Faculty
• - Dean Robert Klemkosky Fred T. Greene
  Professor of Finance at
• Kelley School of Business to set a global
  standard.
• - Highly recruited faculty members from all over
  the world.
• - Visiting professors from MIT Sloan and other
  reputable programs.
• - Prominent business scholars providing
  practical classes to
• supplement theoretical training.
• All made possible by the support of the Samsung
  Group, which is aware that
• the first step to a quality program is quality
  faculty members.

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3. The BenefitsA. Quality of Program (contd)

• Quality of Curriculum
• - Rigorous U.S.-style programs in English which
  balance theory and
• practice (case studies), and career/leadership
  programs.
• - All-encompassing curriculum with
  concentrations in finance
• and marketing.
• - Designed to prepare students for study abroad,
  and conduct
• international business in an increasingly
  globalized environment.
• SKK GSB regards itself a competitor of quality
  States-side MBA programs,
• not domestic nominally English-based programs.

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3. The Benefits A. Quality of Program (contd)

• Quality of Students
• - Corporate-sponsored students are elite
  students from well-known
• corporations and organizations (opportunity
  cost considerations).
• - Korean are from all major Korean universities,
  encompassing SNU,
• Korea, Yonsei, and POSTECH.
• - Samsung Genius Program foreign students have
  beaten out 1001 odds
• or higher to be selected to a career with
  Samsung.
• SKK GSB will not compromise quality for quantity.
  Current enrollment
• stands at 35, and enrollment for Fall 2005 will
  be limited to 50 or less.
• The international student ratio will be
  maintained at 30 or higher (presently
• 35) and countries of origin diversified to build
  a truly global MBA program.

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3. The Benefits B. Financial Aid

• SKK GSB offers full-tuition scholarships to
  highly qualified students. The scholarships are
  made available through the Samsung Foundation.
  The scholarships also cover tuition for the
  study-abroad semester. Scholarship eligibility
  is based on a number of factors.
• We will make every effort to enable students
  gaining admission to attend, with the strong and
  unequivocal backing of Samsung.
• The scale and scope of financial aid made
  available is unparalleled by any other business
  school.

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3. The BenefitsC. Internship and Study Abroad

• SKK GSB offers summer internship opportunities.
  The internships represent formal stepping stones
  to full-time jobs, whereby employers are able to
  confirm the capabilities of potential candidates,
  while the candidates can ascertain compatibility
  with work. 100 of Fall 2004 class have been
  placed in internships with the Samsung Group for
  summer 2005. We will expand the internship base
  to financial institutions, marketing and
  consulting firms, and non-Samsung Group corporate
  entities for the summer of 2006.
• SKK GSB currently has arrangements with MIT
  Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, and Indiana Kelley
  for entire semesters. We are currently pursuing
  arrangements with a number of other schools to
  diversify the study abroad experience. Students
  will be expected to perform at the same level as
  full-time MBS students at those institutions, and
  SKK GSB is confident of preparing its students
  during their first year to meet the challenge.

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3. The Benefits D. Placement

• From the outset, SKK GSB has placed emphasis on
  placement, and has approached this all-important
  issue from a number of angles.
• - Samsung Group will help us absorb qualified
  students (including full-scholarship students)
  for internship and employment upon graduation.
  Samsung will also work to pursue opportunities
  with affiliated and associated business entities,
  both domestic and international.
• - SKK GSB will work with various prominent
  Korean business groups to pursue placement
  opportunities. Financial institutions are
  particularly excited about our schools finance
  curriculum.

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3. The Benefits D. Placement (contd)

• - MIT Sloan maintains a working relationship
  with a number of prominent companies, many of
  them with extensive presence in Asia and in
  Korea. SKK GSB will work with to pursue related
  opportunities.
• In addition to existing Global Marketing and
  Capital Markets Academies, the school has plans
  to add a Strategic Consulting Academy beginning
  in Fall 2005. This will open up new placement
  opportunities with strategic consulting firms,
  just as happened with finance and marketing
  firms.
• SKK GSB will leverage off Samsungs growing
  global presence and prominence its support is
  firm and unequivocal in this regard. This is
  pivotal with the schools aim of developing
  future leaders for global companies, with a focus
  on the fast-growing Asian region.

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4. Invitation to Visit

• Open House April 25th through May 13th
  (Monday Friday)
• Come visit our school and
• - sit in on lectures of world-famous MIT
  professors (May 2nd 13th)
• - talk to the dean, faculty members, students,
  and Samsung and
• school officials and
• - tour our state-of-the-art facilities.
• (The school will be open with classes held on
  May 5th, a public holiday.)
• For information and reservations, please contact
  
• T. J. Park MBA Program Director
• Telephone [phone]
• E-mail topgsb_at_skku.edu or tjpark_at_skku.edu
  (website http//gsb.skku.edu)